The city`s 400 blue-collar workers will receive a 15...

POMPANO BEACH — The city`s 400 blue-collar workers will receive a 15 percent pay increase over the next three years as part of a labor contract approved Monday.

The City Commission supported the agreement with a unanimous vote, ratifying the first of three contracts pending with city laborers, firefighters and police, all ofwhom have been working on expired contracts since Oct. 1.

The laborers, representing the city`s largest collective bargaining unit, will receive annual 5 percent wage increases until the pact expires in September 1988. Additionally, the contract calls for the gradual introduction of health insurance for dependents.